License-plate holder



Feb. 5,' 1929.

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ATTORNEY Patented 5, 1929.

J'BEPH B. PED, 0I' JOHNSTOW, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application led Hatch 14, 1928. Serial Io. 201,589.

This invention relates to a license'plate holder. bject of the invention is the provi- An sion of a plate adapted to be secured to some xed part of an automobile provided with' spring pressed pivoted arms adapte to removably engage and supportv a license plate in a fixed osition.

A further ob]ect of the invention is the provision of a license late holder adapted to be removably secur to some fixed part of an automobile for su porting a license plate in a predetermin `position and in such a manner that the plate may be readily l5 removed when desired,l while positively retaining the plate against displacement or against loss. v

This invention will be best Vunderstood from a consideration of the following detailed description in connection with tlie accompanying drawings; nevertheless,l it is to be understood that this invention is not confined to the disclosure being susceptible of such changes and modifications as sha l define no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed 1n the appended claims.

In t e drawings Figure 1 is a front view in elevationA of a license plate holder constructed according to the principles of my invention,

Figure 2 is a rear view of the same, vFigure 3 is a transverse. vertical section taken along the line 3-3 of Fig..2,

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section taken along the line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 designates a base member having upstanding arms 11 and 12. Each of the d0 arms is provided with an elongated horizontally disposed slot 13 to receive the usual attaching bolt for connecting the base member 10 to either a fixed part of the automobile, or to the usual license plate brackets. Q

To the front face of the base member 10 and at op osito ends thereof are secured a pair of uifers 14 by means of any approved attaching means such as rivets 15. d ofthe buffers, as shown at The upper en s 16, are reduced and extend for a portion of the length of the arms 11 and 12. A plurality of pairs of arms 18 and 19 are respectively pivoted at 20 and 21 to the rear of lthe base plate 10. The pivotal connec'tions of these arms are arranged in the eliminate arc of a circle and closely associated with each other. Each arm has an inturned lu 22 spaced from the arm by means of a ri portion 23. The bridging portion provi es a seat for the reception of an edge of a d license plate 24, as shown in dotted lines.

The arms are located at an acute angle to a, vertical line passing through the center of the base member 10, and the seats 23 are located at such an angle to the edge of the arms that said seats will be normally located in horizontal planes when applied toY the edges of the license plate.

Each arm at 'the outer edge thereof is provided with a lug 25 and perforated at 26 -to receive the end of a ring. A coil spring 27 of suiiicient strengt has its ends connected in the perforation 26 of the lugs associated with the arms 18. A coil spring 28 similar to the coil spring 27 has its ends connectedI with the perforations 26 of the lugs 25forming part of the arms 19. The springs tends at all times to move the conll nected pairs of arms 18 and 19 away from base member the vertical center of the be forced in whereby the seats 23 will rigid relation The heads of the rivets or securing means for the buiers 14 are countersunk in said bulers so that said heads will not engage the metal of the license plate in .order to any tendency towards noise. When it is desired to place a license plate on the member 10, the pairs of adjacent with the edges of the plate 24.

arms 18 and 19 of the opposite pairs are swung towards a vertical plane. passing throu h the center of the base member 10 and t e edges of the license plate are inserted on the seats 23 of said arms. When said arms are released the springs 27 and 28 will move the pairs of connected arms 18 and 19 towards each other and cause the flanges 22 and the seats 23 to rictionally and rigidly engage the edges of the plate for retaining the license late in position. The buffers 14 are carried iy the base membei" 10 andengage the inner face of the llicense plate for aiding in preventing rattling of the license plate.

1. A license plate base member, a plurality of pairs of arms pivotally connected at the inner ends thereof to the middle portion` of the base member the free ends of the arms roj'ecting beyon the opposite edges of the ase member and holder comprising a provided with seats to receive the edges of a license plate, springs connecting pairs of the arms togethei1 for forcing the seats into enagement with the edges of the plate, the ree ends of the arms being bent laterally over an edge of theplate lso that the seats will be disposed in a plane parallel to the base member, and buffers secured to a face of the base member and disposed between parallel planes passing through the base member and the seats.

2. A license plate holder comprising a base member, a plurality of pairs of arms pivotally connected at one end to the base member, thev free ends of the arms projecting beyond the opposite edges of the base member and 'provided with seats to receive the opposite edges of the license plate, a spring connecting the free end of an. arm projecting from one side of the base member with the free end of an arm projecting yond the opposite edge of the base mem- 3. A license plate holder comprising a base member, a plurality of pairs of arms pivotally connected at one end to the base member, the free ends of the arms pro'ecting beyond the opposite edges of the ase member and provided with seats to receive the opposite edges of the license plate, a spring connecting the free end of an arm projecting from one side of the base member with the free end of an arm projecting be! youd the opposite edge of the base member, said base member having attaching lugs projecting from an edge of said member, a pair of the arms beingmovable between the A license plate holder comprising a base member, a plurality of pairs of arms pivotally connected at one end to the base member, the free ends of the arms projecting beyond the opposite edges of the base member and provided with seatsto receive the opposite edges of the license plate, a spring connecting the free end of an arm projecting from one side of the base member with the free end of an arm projecting beyondthe opposite edge of the base member, said base member having attaching lugs projecting from an edge of said member, a pair of the arms being movable between the lugs, buiers secured to one face of the base member and extending over a portion of the JOSEPH B.',PEDEN.

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